Opinions on Racing
I was 14 when I started to watch NASCAR. My older brothers watched it all the time, so I thought I’d give it a chance. Everyone in my family had their favorite drivers. But I wanted to be different. I didn’t know too much about the drivers at the time, so I picked the guys […]
Over NASCAR’s history a number of seasons boiled down to equally-matched showdowns involving two dominating drivers. Entering its 55th season, NASCAR enters the twentieth anniversary of one such showdown year, a season of some of the sport’s greatest races and another round of perhaps its bitterest rivalry. 1982’s dramas began even as the 1981 season […]
Young talent is all over NASCAR lately. Many drivers are starting younger, coming through the ranks of go-karts, ASA and ARCA divisions. One driver grabbing attention while he pays his dues is 20 year old Stuart Kirby. Kirby, who grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, began racing go-carts at the age of 11. Over time […]
CORRECTION: I’ve been informed that Robert Pressley didn’t bring any sponsorship money with him to the #18 truck ride. To me, that makes Joe Ruttman’s release even more puzzling. Why drop a driver that’s had several top five finishes in the championship for one that doesn’t have that type of experience in the series? Wouldn’t […]
The 24 Hours of Daytona are upon us, and with this race the wait for the stock car portion of Speedweeks gets radically shorter. So as several Winston Cup drivers run twice around the clock at Daytona, their main show looms. A final look at the varied teams entered in this year’s season: CHEVROLET – […]
USAGE: Wow. I just looked at the usage reports for RacinDeals.com for the first time in about 4 or 5 months. Imagine my surprise when I saw that December 2001 had the highest number of visits to the site ever. Usually in an off season, the visits go down, but to have a record month […]
Some issues and thoughts early in the interregnum between the Winston Cup Preview and Speedweeks – Don’t look now, but we may be seeing the end of a long-time NASCAR sponsor. Kmart’s bankruptcy will inevitably affect their racing programs, and Travis Carter may now be in very serious trouble, with alternative sponsorships far less available […]
During Thursday afternoon’s test session when drivers employed the draft, Mike Wallace came up the winner in the Andy Petree #33 Chevy (yet unsponsored), with a top speed of 184.302. Rounding out the top five were; Bill Elliott, Dodge, 184.298; Jimmy Spencer, Dodge, 184.222; Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 184.207; and Matt Kenseth, Ford, (yes, I said […]
"You couldn’t bump draft, you couldn’t get to people. They will change the rules again, I’m pretty positive." So commented Kenny Wallace before the start of the rain-delayed second test session at Daytona. His teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. concurs – "We will be stuck, not able to pass, and the whole race will depend on […]
There is no denying that feeling when the off season is nearing an end: the anticipation, the anxiousness and the frustration. You cannot wait another minute. You resort to reading up on every article and press release trying to calm your addiction to NASCAR. This is what we call "NASCAR Withdrawal". It is a serious […]